MATHEMATICS 10

SEQUENCES

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Direction: Write the letter of the best answer.

1. What is the next number of 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, ____?
A. 20 B. 32 C. 64 D. 128
2. What is the next three terms of the sequence 1, 4, 9, 16,…?
A. 5, 6, 7 B. 18, 20, 22 C. 32, 64, 128 D. 25, 36, 49
a =2n+ 1 ?
3. What are the first five terms of the sequence n
A. 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 B. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 C. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 D. 4, 8, 12, 16
4. Find the 12th term of the sequence whose nth term is defined by a n=n( n+2 ) .
A. 160 B. 168 C. 176 D. 184
5. Find the general term for the sequence -2, 2, 6, 10,…
2 2 2
A. 4 n−6 B. n +3 C. 3 n D. 2 n −3
6. What is the general formula of the sequence 3, 12, 27, 48,…?
2 2 2
A. 4 n−6 B. n +3 C. 3 n D. 2 n −3
7. An ____________ is a sequence where every term after the first is obtained by adding a constant called
the common difference.
A. arithmetic B. geometric C. harmonic D. fibonacci
8. Find the missing terms of the arithmetic sequence 2, __, 20, 29,…
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13
9. What is the next three terms of the arithmetic sequence 2, 6, 10, 14,…?
A. 18, 22, 26 B. 16, 18, 20 C. 15, 16, 17 D. 24, 34, 44
10. Find the 26th term of the arithmetic sequence 3, 11, 19, 27,…
A. 200 B. 202 C. 203 D. 205
11. Which of the following are the arithmetic means of the sequence 7, 14, 21, 28?
A. 14 B. 21 C. 14 and 21 D. 7 and 28
12. Find the missing terms of the arithmetic sequence 3, ___, ___, ___, 48.
A. 6, 12, 15 B. 6, 12, 24 C. 9, 16, 36 D. 4, 5, 6
13. If three arithmetic means are inserted between 11 and 39, find the second arithmetic mean.
A. 18 B. 25 C. 32 D. 46
14. What is the nth term of the arithmetic sequence given the first and last term is 1 and 21 respectively?
a =n+4
A. n
a =2n+ 4
B. n
a =−6 n+5
C. n
a =n
D. n
15. What is the sum of the arithmetic sequence 1, 4, 7, 10?
A. 22 B. 24 C. 26 D. 28
16. Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the arithmetic sequence 1, 4, 7, 10,…
A. 145 B. 154 C. 155 D. 165
17. What is the sum of all odd integers between 8 and 20?
A. 80 B. 84 C. 88 D. 92
18. Find the number of terms of an arithmetic sequence whose first term is 4 and last term is 212 and the
sum of the terms is 5724.
A. 53 B. 55 C. 57 D. 59
19. A ____________ sequence is a sequence where each term after the first is obtained by multiplying the
preceding term by a nonzero constant called the common ratio.
A. arithmetic B. geometric C. harmonic D. fibonacci
20. The following are the geometric sequence EXCEPT.
A. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 B. 3, 6, 12, 24 C. 1, 4, 16, 64, 256 D. 1, 3, 9, 27, 81
21. The following are the finite geometric sequence EXCEPT.
A. 1, 4, 16, 64, 256 B. -1, 1, -1, 1,… D. 3, 6, 12, 24, 48 D. 1, 3, 9, 27, 81
22. Find the geometric mean between 4 and 16.
 A. 8 B. 9 C. 9 D. 10
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23. What is the 6 term of the geometric sequence 2, 4, 8, 16,…?
A. 64 B. 32 C. 16 D. 8
24. What is the 10th term of the geometric sequence 5, 10, 20, 40,…?
A. 2,560 B. 2,570 C. 2,580 D. 2,590
25. Find the first term of a geometric sequence whose third term is 28 and fifth term is 112.
A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10
26. How many terms are there in the geometric sequence 1, 3, 9,…,729?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
27. If three geometric means are inserted between 1 and 256, find the third geometric mean.
A. 64 B. 32 C. 16 D. 8
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28. Find so that the numbers 2 k +1 , 3 k + 4 , and 7 k + 6 form a geometric sequence.
A. 2; -1 B. -2; 1 C. 2; 1 D. -2; -1
29. Find the sum of the geometric sequence 1, 3, 9,…, 729.
A. 1,093 B. 2,186 C. 2,079 D. 3,003
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30. What is the sum of the infinite geometric series 1, 2 , 4 , 8 ,…?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
31. Find the sum of the first 7 terms of a geometric sequence whose first term is 8 and whose common
1
ration is 2 .
127 121 113 105
A. 8 B. 8 C. 8 D. 8
32. What is the next term in the Fibonacci like sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8,..?
A. 13 B. 16 C. 19 D. 22
33. A pile of wood has 15 logs in the bottom row, 14 logs in the next row and so on, with one less log in
each row until the top row, which consist of 1 log. How many logs are there in the pile?
A. 118 B. 120 C. 122 D. 124
34. The population of a certain town is 5000. If it increases 5% every year, what will be the approximate
population at the end of 5 years?
A. 6,381 B. 6,000 C. 5,046 D. 5,500
35. If you start with P1.00 and double your money each day, how many days will it take to surpass
P1,000,000.00?
A. 10 B. 20 C. 40 D. 80